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Ok so I'm sitting there playing an online game, and suddenly my electricity goes off. When it comes back on, I turn on the computer but the monitor isn't working. I tried using a different monitor, and it didn't work.
Then I tried pulling out my PCI E card, and plugging it back into my monitor slot, and it works fine.
I think something is wrong with my GFX card but how do I fix it?
May be it is not wrong with the GFX card both sometime due to uneven shutdown it get a push out from the circuit. So be relaxed & enjoy your computing. But if it happens again then ask your vender to check it. If you have took the annual maintenance then caller your engg. to just look at it for your satisfaction.
Well, with the sudden power cutoff when the computer the applications are running, there are many weird things you might experience on getting power back on. The computer system tries to retain the files with the recovery process, some unsaved files are likely to disappear, the current applications running tend to face some of the unexpected problem. Don't Worry !! Just relax....Your GFX card is perfect, no problem at all. Whatever you did was right and worked well to fix the issue....
Wow I feel like a complete idiot because I realize I worded that completely wrong.
I meant to say that I had to take out the pci e card and use the on-board gfx card.
The PCI E one won't work if its in and plugged into the monitor. Computer will come on fine, but the monitor won't display.
Sorry about the confusion. ><